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Paradoxes of Sailing

In Patrick Goold & Fritz Allhoff (eds.), Sailing – Philosophy for Everyone. Blackwell. pp. 148–163 (2012-07-01) Copy BIBT_EX

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This chapter contains sections titled: Appendix: Analysis of the Wind‐Powered Boat.

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Paradoxes, Miscellaneous in Logic and Philosophy of Logic

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paradoxes of sailing, physics of sailing and thought experiments paradoxes in philosophy, difficult technical problems with sailing puzzles over sailing, as more fundamental than engineering challenges first two paradoxes, causal metaphysics and thought experiment sailboat, gaining against winds, from different “points of sail” powering a sailboat, wind and faster motion, directed against wind sailboats creating wind, the paradox over bicycle and sailboat

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